In my first blog I milled everything up and started assembling leg sets.
After that I got on a roll and forgot about the camera until the base was fully assembled.
Everything is mortise and tenon. The bottom stretchers are also held to t...

A recent Over-The-Post balustrade install with a starter step, end caps and a volute.
In part 1 I installed my skirt boards, end caps and started my rail.
Now to install the starter newel to the starter step.
Newels and rail insta...

A recent Over-The-Post balustrade install with a starter step, end caps and a volute.
This balustrade was a real challenge. Not because it was an OPT or a winder, but because the landings are at 45 degrees, and they are both set up different.
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Here are a pair of mantels I recently built.I was asked to make them the “same style as your doors…....... but cheap”.
Not a style I would usually make, but I was VERY limited in the width, thanks to the framers.
I used...

Felt like it was time for a bigger, better workbench.
While putting together a lumber take-off at my usual lumberyard, I asked my rep if they had any scrap pieces of lvl. Well he did…... and then some.
How about 2-8’x16” lv...

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